Chapter 22 The SS Monster (2)
The cave was pure chaos. Dust clouded the air as the ground trembled under the weight of the monstrous tentacles slamming down again.
The shockwave from its attack nearly threw Olivia off balance, she gritted her teeth as she stood her ground.
Luke was the first to move. He swung his sword effortlessly as if it was a paper.
"Go for its eyes!" he roared, raising his greatsword and dashing forward. His heavy blade cleaved downward, aiming for one of the monster's black eyes, but a tentacle lashed out at the last second, knocking him back like a ragdoll.
"Luke!" Ellie cried.
Tyler took his chance. He vanished in a blur of black energy, reappearing behind the beast's tentacle. His twin arc blades carved a deep slash through its flesh, but the wound immediately began to regenerate.
"Regeneration?!" Henrik spat. "This just keeps getting worse."
Diana unleashed a flurry of wind cutting strikes from a distance, sending slicing gusts toward the monster, but they barely grazed its thick skin.
Olivia's heart pounded. As realisation dawned on her, their attacks were useless.
The octopus creature shrieked, its soulless black eyes glowing as energy pulsed from within. The air shifted, gravity itself seemed to distort.
And then, it moved.